Day: June 29, 2020

Man found dead in UP village

2:32 pm June 29, 2020

Muzaffarnagar: The body of an approximately 45-year-old man has been found in the fields of a village here, police said on Monday. The incident took place in Daudpur village under the Purkazi police station area on Sunday, they added. The body has been sent for an autopsy, SHO Subhash Gotem said, adding that the identity […]

From farms to mills, it's a long wait for Western UP farmers just to get sugarcane weighed

Sugar export from Maharashtra hit due to lockdown

2:26 pm June 29, 2020

Mumbai: Nearly 36 lakh tonne sugar has been exported from Maharashtra between January and June this year as against the target of 60 lakh tonne during the period, an official said on Monday. The COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent lockdown has slowed down the export process, Maharashtra State Cooperative Sugar Factories Federation Chairman Jayprakash Dandegaonkar […]

Saliva test used to test for virus in Australia

2:22 pm June 29, 2020

Melbourne: Health authorities are using what they describe as a world-first saliva test for coronavirus in Australia’s second-largest city where the disease is spreading at an alarming rate. Officials say 49 people tested positive to COVID-19 in Melbourne on Sunday and only four cases were detected elsewhere in Australia. Australian Deputy Chief Medical Officer Nick […]

UK public tribunal to probe Uighur 'genocide' claims

China forces birth control on Uighurs to suppress population

2:13 pm June 29, 2020

Beijing: The Chinese government is taking draconian measures to slash birth rates among Uighurs and other minorities as part of a sweeping campaign to curb its Muslim population, even as it encourages some of the country’s Han majority to have more children. While individual women have spoken out before about forced birth control, the practice […]

Armed militants kill 5 at Pakistan Stock Exchange in Karachi, die in crossfire

2:07 pm June 29, 2020

Karachi: Four heavily armed militants attacked the busy Pakistan Stock Exchange on Monday morning, killing four security guards and a police sub-inspector before being shot dead in an exchange of fire, media reports said. The unidentified militants opened indiscriminate fire and lobbed hand grenades at the main gate of the building as they tried to […]

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